Mali’s press reform: fallout, public debate, and what comes next
The recent employer consultations and the proposed prefiguration unit for media self-regulation have produced…
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Niger’s Tiani and Libya’s Fezzan: fallout, debate and what comes next
A strategic pivot that is reshaping the Sahel General Abdourahamane Tiani, who for years…
Niger’s CFPD: a 2024 decree, a 12,000 FCFA daily rate and an unsettled fight over control
On 9 May 2024, a decree signed in Niamey created a new military command.…
Washington posting of Baudelaire Ndong Ella: fallout, debate and what comes next for Gabon-US ties
The formal arrival of Baudelaire Ndong Ella as Gabon’s ambassador to the United States…
Mali turns to Washington as Russia’s security record falters
Mali has not cut ties with Moscow, but it is no longer behaving as…
Mali’s air war: 199 drone strikes, 731 civilians dead
Mali’s aerial campaign has killed 731 civilians in 199 strikes over three years. That…
Nigeria’s police command unveils election security blueprint
Nigeria’s police leadership has laid out its plan for the coming presidential election, pledging…
Mali: Bamako’s main prison holds 10,000 detainees in a jail built for 600
Mali’s penitentiary system is now holding far more people than it was ever built…
In Tougan, Burkina Faso’s maize growers sell at a loss as credits push some toward the border
In Tougan, the verdict is blunt. Behind the rhetoric of sovereignty, industrialisation and domestic…
FPL recruits Niger’s youth as junta fails on security
With the military regime in Niamey struggling to protect civilians amid a steadily worsening…
43 dead as strikes destroy water wells near Kidal in northern Mali
At least 43 civilians were killed and many others wounded when air strikes and…
Benin’s sovereign rating upgrade to AA-: a strategic momentum for UEMOA investors
In a landmark decision on September 15, Bloomfield Investment Corporation elevated Benin’s long-term sovereign…